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DUMBASS: I'm gonna fuck you up, man!

ME: You're really not. [paraphrase] ... I just tried to talk to you about-

DUMBASS: I'll swing fists!

ME: Okay, sounds super cool. Y'know what I like? Gettin' punched in the face. Go for it.

DUMBASS: ... I just hit you as hard as I can and you didn't even flinch.

ME: Yeah, bud. You have acted in error. Do you know who I am? I AM THE SHARK!

[okay, I was kind of having a bad day and showing off at this point]

ME: YOU. DO. NOT FUCK. WITH. THE. SHARK. OR. HIS. FAMILY.

DUMBASS: Yes, Sir.

ME: I want to hear you say, "Yes, Sir."

DUMBASS: YES, SIR!

ME: Okay, good enough. As you were.

Raw Shark wrote: 2025-01-30 10:20pm In fairness to Barefoot Girl, sometimes taking off your shoes lets you feel the terrain better.

She's a 10yr old girl inside a carpeted room. WTF did she need to take her shoes off.

So, they had to call a locksmith, he had to pick the lock, and the lock WILL be replaces ASAP with a non-locking knob.
The girl got her shoes back.

LadyTevar wrote: 2025-01-31 09:01pm

Raw Shark wrote: 2025-01-30 10:20pm In fairness to Barefoot Girl, sometimes taking off your shoes lets you feel the terrain better.

She's a 10yr old girl inside a carpeted room. WTF did she need to take her shoes off.

Because that enables her to kick ass better. Kicking ass better is its own reward.

CoWorker has a daughter, 4yrs old, who goes to one of the schools on my bookmobile route. She knows me by name, and loves the bookmobile.
Daughter was at yesterday's Preschool Read-along at the library.

Child: Mommy? Why has Miss Kaffy not been to school to get my books?
Me:
Mommy explains about snowdays and how the bookmobile can't get to the school on snowdays.
Child: Will Miss Kaffy be there this week?
Me : No... not this week, next week!
Child: OK! (with a grin so big it nearly broke my heart)

As they were leaving, I am standing at the front of the library, and the child sees me. She RUNS from the back of the library, straight for me, arms wide open. "HUGS!!!"
I, of course, lean down, throw my arms around her, lift her up off the ground in a big hug, and get a sloppy cheek kiss as I set her back down. "BYE BYE Miss Kaffy!" as she runs to the door.

I am so in love with this child

LadyTevar wrote: 2025-02-15 02:09pm I am so in love with this child

It's easy to fall in love with a child. It's hard-wired into our ape psyche, I guess. Millions of years ago there were lots of talking monkeys who did not love children, and we are not descended from them.

[ROOFTOP FATHERHOOD]:

TNMD: [hits the blunt] Y'know, I think the werewolf thing is stupid.

ME: I think the werewolf thing is stupid.

TNMD: You told me about it.

ME: I know.

TNMD: But the Waning Gibbous makes me want to tell sad stories...

ME: Yeah.

TNMD: Are you okay?

ME: I don't know. Maybe.

TNMD: Ahrouns. Don't. Quit.

ME: I know.

TNMD: You know, that's part of why I [paraphrase] like you and let you into my fucked-up life, right?

ME: I'm aware. How's things with what's-his-name?

TNMD: Jesus Christ, Dad. It's fine. We're dating.

ME: I feel so old right now.

TNMD: Well, you should.

ME: Look, don't worry that I'm going to try to fuck that up for you. I'm just trying to be involved and shit.

TNMD: *sigh* I wonder sometimes why my genetic father didn't want to be the dickhead who fucks with my boyfriends.

ME: I'm going to take that in the best possible way here.

ME: Get out of my store.

KAREN: I demand to speak to the manager!

ME: You ARE speaking to the manager. Did I stutter? Get lost. Scram. Skedaddle. Scurry off. We don't want your business here.

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Some fool gave me authority over a small corner of the world. I will use it for good.

Raw Shark wrote: 2025-09-17 11:52pm ME: Get out of my store.

KAREN: I demand to speak to the manager!

ME: You ARE speaking to the manager. Did I stutter? Get lost. Scram. Skedaddle. Scurry off. We don't want your business here.

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Some fool gave me authority over a small corner of the world. I will use it for good.

I'm waiting for stories of you physically tossing customers out now

Solauren wrote: 2025-09-28 12:17pm I'm waiting for stories of you physically tossing customers out now

I have literally never physically tossed a customer out of this store. Three weeks and counting, baby!

This place is actually really chill compared to the last one. Truck stop on the highway in an affluent town. So, plenty of Karens but not much in the way of aggressive tweakers and whatnot.

I find people using the term Karen annoying.

It's meant to by pass the word they actually in online censorship - BITCH.

None of the women I have known named Karen, or variants there of, match the stereotype in any way, shape, or form.

Solauren wrote: 2025-10-02 05:23pm I find people using the term Karen annoying.

It's meant to by pass the word they actually in online censorship - BITCH.

None of the women I have known named Karen, or variants there of, match the stereotype in any way, shape, or form.

As an autistic person, I approve of this message.

It's true. The name Karen has been misappropriated.

I have an aunt Karen, and my first embarrassingly major crush when I was a kid is also named Karen. They're both very nice people.

So, you are correct in my opinion. I used a slang term for convenience and I owe an apology to people who are named Karen for it.

ME: How's it going!?

SOME RANDO: Still upright. You?

ME: "I'm swimming against the stream, and I don't care. I'm soon getting there, where the salmon dare!"

SOME RANDO: Oh shit, Norwegian Reggaeton!

ME: My man.

BOTH: [fist bump]

Two cars had an accident just outside where I live. One car skidded out of its lane and hit an ongoing car. Cars may be totaled, but the inhabitants are doing fairly well. Just sent to the clinic for a check, according to local news. I didn't hear a thing and a neighbor called and told me to go outside in case somebody needed help. When I went out, police and ambulance were already there, so no need for me. It has been below 0c a few days, so the road was very slippery.

It was on national news that many people still haven't changed to winter tires. Summer tires are not safe now. Not at all! Also, if you collide with summer tires now, the insurance company can withheld your insurance because of neglect on your part. That can be really expensive, as you might have to pay not only for the damage on your car, but the damage on the other car as well.

The Infidel wrote: 2025-11-16 12:02pm It was on national news that many people still haven't changed to winter tires. Summer tires are not safe now. Not at all! Also, if you collide with summer tires now, the insurance company can withheld your insurance because of neglect on your part. That can be really expensive, as you might have to pay not only for the damage on your car, but the damage on the other car as well.

Summer tires and Winter Tires are not a thing in WV. We can get by with "All Weather Tires".
I do know other places in America where they change to studded tires, tho.

LadyTevar wrote: 2025-11-16 12:07pm

The Infidel wrote: 2025-11-16 12:02pm It was on national news that many people still haven't changed to winter tires. Summer tires are not safe now. Not at all! Also, if you collide with summer tires now, the insurance company can withheld your insurance because of neglect on your part. That can be really expensive, as you might have to pay not only for the damage on your car, but the damage on the other car as well.

Summer tires and Winter Tires are not a thing in WV. We can get by with "All Weather Tires".
I do know other places in America where they change to studded tires, tho.

Yeah, we have all weather tires here, too, but they usually don't perform optimal both in summer and (Norwegian) winter compared to dedicated tires, as they have to have compromises in them. They are better a bit further south, like the continent (Germany, France, etc). I don't know the weather in WV, but they might perform well there. Oslo has a fee if you use studded tires (They wear down the road faster), so most people in southern parts use studdless winter tires, yours truly included. Also because the weather allows it. If only about 10% use studded tires, they will roughen up the ice that all the studdless tires polish. If you go a bit north, studded tires are the norm. I have friends in Alvdal (300 km north, but mountainous) and Tromsø (way up north), and both swear by studded tires. Studded tires usually perform well on ice and very compact snow while studdless tires perform best on wet/slushy roads and the times when the roads are bare but cold.

Every year, Norwegian Automotive Union tests tires. At the bottom, is usually 5 years old, used tires and cheap, Chinese tires. At the top is often well known brands like Nokian, Continental and Pirelli. Expensive, but worth it if you can afford it. I've been using Yokohama myself.

Oh deary me, I'm about to infodump now. I'd better stop!

Hang on... This isn't venting...
Can you move the relevant posts, Tev? Pretty please with lots of sugar on?

We have folks around here who switch to studded tires in November and tear the crap out of the surface roads, on the off chance that maybe, sorta, they might want to go skiing this winter ski season. In case it snows.

They'll change them back before Easter, honest!